Improvement in farm-gates



lSIVHTH & HUDSON.

Farm Gate.

Patented Feb. 20,1866.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT Finca.

A. J. SMITH AND G. S. HUDSON, OFELLISBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,759, dated February20, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that we, A. J'. SMITH and G. S.HUDSON, of Ellisburg, Jefferson county, and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Farm or Entrance Gates; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilledin the artto makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view ofour improved gate when closed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same whenraised or opened. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the line xm, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through the line y y, Fig.1.

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Our invention has for its object to furnish a farm or entrance gatesimple in construction, cheap and strong; and it consists, rst, in thecombination of the swinging bar and the guides for the same with thegate and post; and, second, in the combination of separators with thepickets and rails at the lpivoting-points, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A and B are the posts, which may be made solid, and inserted in theground inthe ordinary manner.A The posts A and B may be capped and casedor molded, if desired.

O is the top rail ofthe gate, which is pivoted at the point e to thepost B by a screw or bolt of sufficient size and strength to sustain theentire weight of the gate and balancing-weight D.

The swinging bar E is pivoted at its upper end at the point c to the toprail, O, and to the post B, and is kept from coming in contact with thepost B by a separator (not shown in the drawings) placed "between thesaid bar E and the said post B, and through which the same bolt c passeswhich pivots the swinging bar E andthe rail B to the said post. Thellower end of the bar E swings backward and forward in a slot formed inthe guide F. When the gate is closed the lower end of the bar E is inthe rear part of the slot, as represented in Fig. l; but when the gateis opened or raised the lower end of the bar E moves forward to thefront end of the slot, as seen in Fig. 2. This allows the rails O and Gto take a vertical position parallel with each other when the gate isopened, and also allows the pickets H to take positions parallel to eachother and to the swinging-bar E, as seen in Fig. 2.

The lower rail, G, of the gate is pivoted to the lower ends of theswinging bar E by the screw or bolt g. Y

The pickets H are pivoted to the rails by bolts or screws, as shown inthe drawings.

It frequently happens that the pivoting parts of gates are fastenedtogether, and made difficult or impossible to be operated by snow orsleet freezing around the points. We guard against this by the use oftheseparators I, placed between the pickets H and the rails C and G, asshown in Fig. 3. These separators I must be of sufficient thickness toaccomplish the object. Ordinary washers will not answer the purpose.

J is a bar attached to the post A at the forward end of the gate. Theupper end of this bar is notched to receive the end ofthe rail G, inwhich position the said rail is held by the action of the spring-catch Kuntil released by drawing back said catch. The forward end of the lowerrail, O, is received in a notch formed in the upper end of the piece L,attached to the bar J. The sides of these notches are made inclined, soas to serve as guides in directing the ends of the descending rails Cand G into their places. The rear end of the rail O extends beyond thepost B and is weighted, as shown. This balancingweight D should be heavyenough to balance the gate when said gateis elevated to an angle ofabout forty-five degrees. The gate will then move easily in alldirections.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the swinging barE and guide F with the rails C andG, and with the post B, in a farm or entrance gate, substantially asdescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the separators I with the pickets H and rails Oaud G, in a farm or entrance gate, substantially as described, and forthe purpose set forth.

y A. J. SMITH.

G. S. HUDSON.

Witnesses H. M. WILDs, JAMES GoLoN.

